SC - Mallory Beach, 19, found deceased after boat crash, Beaufort Co, 24 Feb 2019 *Alex Murdaugh charged*

[Becky Starkey]

Whenever I hear about the alcohol-free post-prom parties sponsored by schools, I always think that this would have been pointless when I graduated in 1981, because there would have been so little interest.

As for kids applying to a school because of its party reputation, yeah, that's common, and also very unusual for such students to make it through the freshman year.

I don't know about that, most of the people I was around in college for the 4 years partied HARD and they all graduated, some of them with honors even.

 

[Warwick7]

This explain a lot about PM's character. His character could be the reason he was killed.

Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

 

[Warwick7]

PM was bent on contacting his grandfather not his dad.

Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

 

[Sustained]

Just drawing on experience (both in college and current, if I'm being honest), but drinking a 12 pack of light beer and drinking so much that you blow a .28 several hours after the fact are entirely different levels of "heavy drinking".

I'm not totally sure of the timeline but it sounds like they were drinking for at least, what, 6-8 hours? PM probably drank closer to two 12 packs worth of whatever booze to get to that level in that time frame.

A cop breathalyzed me once (not because I was driving but because I was underage) after 8 or 9 beers in a much shorter time frame than that and I blew a .07. I still remember that because I was astounded it was that low. I know PM is not a big guy, which obviously makes a difference, but I was at most 160 pounds at the time (wish I could say I weighed that now haha).

According to AC, they had some hard liquor on the boat as well so I don't doubt that Paul was into that.

 

[swedeheart]

A slowed down version in the bar from the night in question.

 

[zencompass]

Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

Excerpt:

"Miley said Paul’s main concern was getting in contact with his grandfather, Randolph Murdaugh.

"When investigators asked Miley why Paul was so adamant about calling his grandfather, she speculated “Well, you know, cause they’re lawyers and stuff. He wanted him to be there first.” She said he went back and forth on whether to call his dad, Alex Murdaugh, and eventually did."


Excerpt:

"During:
"At 2:20 a.m., the Garmin records a decrease then spike in the speed of the boat. Witnesses said that was when Paul moved to the front of the boat while arguing with Morgan, then returned to the helm and picked up speed."

 

[zencompass]

I hadn't heard the entire 911 call before (probably just me).

It is dreadful to listen to.


Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

Excerpt:
MILEY ALTMAN

Miley said that it took a moment for the group to catch their breath, then they called 911.

Initial 911 call – AUDIO IS UNEDITED – LISTEN AT YOUR DISCRETION

https://www.counton2.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/07/00_BC_911_Trunk_08.wav

 

[swedeheart]

Slowed down version of Paul buying alcohol.

 

[Warwick7]

I hadn't heard the entire 911 call before (probably just me).

It is dreadful to listen to.


Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

Excerpt:
MILEY ALTMAN

Miley said that it took a moment for the group to catch their breath, then they called 911.

Initial 911 call – AUDIO IS UNEDITED – LISTEN AT YOUR DISCRETION

https://www.counton2.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/07/00_BC_911_Trunk_08.wav

They called 911 while PM was calling grand-daddy...

 

[Warwick7]

According to AC, they had some hard liquor on the boat as well so I don't doubt that Paul was into that.

Into what?

 

[Sustained]

Into what?

Into the hard liquor as in consuming it.

 

[Warwick7]

Into the hard liquor as in consuming it.

You might be surprised.

 

[Sustained]

You might be surprised.

Huh ? Both Paul and Connor had hard liquor shots at Luther's - in AC's deposition, he mentioned they had some liquor in the cooler. Paul's BAC was .28 when tested and would have been higher earlier.

What would I be surprised about ?

 

[dub]

You might be surprised.

I’d be surprised if he didn’t drink more of it than anyone else on the boat by a decent margin.

 

[LetsSolvIt]

I hadn't heard the entire 911 call before (probably just me).

It is dreadful to listen to.


Timeline: New documents, video paint detailed picture of night Mallory Beach died in drunken boat crash | WCBD News 2

Excerpt:
MILEY ALTMAN

Miley said that it took a moment for the group to catch their breath, then they called 911.

Initial 911 call – AUDIO IS UNEDITED – LISTEN AT YOUR DISCRETION

https://www.counton2.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/07/00_BC_911_Trunk_08.wav

There seems to be a second phone conversation going on behind the 911 call — hard to hear because of girls crying — sounds like it might be PM talking to grandpa or father? Whomever it is, I’m struck by how business-like he sounds.

I guess adrenaline kicks in but for everyone being so heavily intoxicated I’m impressed with leadership of CC in talking with the 911 tech and then thinking to go up to the road to flag the spot for LE/EMT.

What hit me was at the end when she asked if MB was wearing a life jacket. That simple decision — to not put one on — probably changed the outcome. It might have saved her.

JMOs.

 

[MajorHoople]

There seems to be a second phone conversation going on behind the 911 call — hard to hear because of girls crying — sounds like it might be PM talking to grandpa or father? Whomever it is, I’m struck by how business-like he sounds.

I guess adrenaline kicks in but for everyone being so heavily intoxicated I’m impressed with leadership of CC in talking with the 911 tech and then thinking to go up to the road to flag the spot for LE/EMT.

What hit me was at the end when she asked if MB was wearing a life jacket. That simple decision — to not put one on — probably changed the outcome. It might have saved her.

JMOs.

I agree. It's even more impressive if my memory serves me correctly. I think that CC had a broken jaw due to the collision.

Murdaugh double murders: Fatal boat crash survivor alleges attempted cover-up in South Carolina

"She died, another young woman was bleeding heavily, Cook broke his jaw …."

 

[Luna20]

There seems to be a second phone conversation going on behind the 911 call — hard to hear because of girls crying — sounds like it might be PM talking to grandpa or father? Whomever it is, I’m struck by how business-like he sounds.

I guess adrenaline kicks in but for everyone being so heavily intoxicated I’m impressed with leadership of CC in talking with the 911 tech and then thinking to go up to the road to flag the spot for LE/EMT.

What hit me was at the end when she asked if MB was wearing a life jacket. That simple decision — to not put one on — probably changed the outcome. It might have saved her.

JMOs.

I still have to catch up on MB thread but is there any record of who contacts her family first?

 

[Warwick7]

I’d be surprised if he didn’t drink more of it than anyone else on the boat by a decent margin.

Exactly!

 

[kwash]

I have just started following this case and it is tragic and so interesting. Beautiful people, wealth, privilege and bad behavior all rolled into one sordid, sad tale. I have seen the depositions of Anthony Cook and Miley Altman. Could anyone provide links to those of Morgan Doughty and Connor Cook? I have tried searching online and had no luck. Thanks in advance.

 

[sds71]

Paul Murdaugh, the man charged with driving the boat that crashed and killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in 2019, had a blood-alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit at the time of the crash, according to a toxicologist’s analysis of Murdaugh’s hospital blood sample.

Police officers who responded to the scene of the crash the morning of Feb. 24, 2019 did not offer Murdaugh a sobriety test, a move the public roundly criticized — and one cited in a recent court filing as an example of law enforcement’s “failure” to conduct an appropriate investigation.

Hospital workers took a sample of Murdaugh’s blood at 4 a.m., an hour and 40 minutes after the crash and roughly three hours after surveillance footage showed Murdaugh taking shots at a Beaufort waterfront bar. The results, provided to The Island Packet by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, show Murdaugh’s blood had an ethanol level of 286.1 mg/dL in serum.


That means Murdaugh’s BAC would have been about 0.24 — three times the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle in South Carolina (0.08), according to Richard Stripp, a New York-based forensic toxicologist contacted by a reporter Tuesday. It would have been even higher — between 0.25 and 0.27 — at 2:20 a.m., the time of the crash, Stripp said.


https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article253054368.html